Knit to the lightest, then 16 of white; cast off. Sew the skirt to a band, and round the neck and sleeves with a vandyke edging as 2nd receipt.
Carriage Mat.
No. 4 pins, 8-thread fleecy, or 4-thread doubled, border white with black spots, and scarlet or orange middle. With the white cast 73 stitches; cut a skein of white and black in pieces of 6 inches.
1st row—Knit 1, take 2 pieces of the cut wool, white, put them on the left pin, and cross them, so as to bring 1 end in front, and 1 at the back; then with the right hand pin, knit the loop and a stitch together, bring the end at the back forward between the pins.
2nd row—Plain.
3rd row—Slip the 1st stitch, and repeat the 1st row.
4th row—Plain.
5th row—The same as the 1st row, putting on 1 black loop and 6 white, alternately.